(a) Definitions. - In this section -
(1) "museum" means an organized and permanent institution, the
activities of which affect interstate or foreign commerce, that -
(A) is situated in the United States;
(B) is established for an essentially educational or
aesthetic purpose;
(C) has a professional staff; and
(D) owns, utilizes, and cares for tangible objects that are
exhibited to the public on a regular schedule.
(2) "object of cultural heritage" means an object that is -
(A) over 100 years old and worth in excess of $5,000; or
(B) worth at least $100,000.
(b) Offenses. - A person who -
(1) steals or obtains by fraud from the care, custody, or
control of a museum any object of cultural heritage; or
(2) knowing that an object of cultural heritage has been stolen
or obtained by fraud, if in fact the object was stolen or
obtained from the care, custody, or control of a museum (whether
or not that fact is known to the person), receives, conceals,
exhibits, or disposes of the object,
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years,
or both.

1996 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-294 designated first and second
pars. beginning with quotation mark as pars. (1) and (2),
respectively, and made technical amendment to provisions appearing
in original.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 104-294 effective Sept. 13, 1994, see
section 604(d) of Pub. L. 104-294, set out as a note under section
13 of this title.